So I’ll cut right to the chase: I grew up on a steady diet of horror movies and paperback fiction. I will provide the book logo and back cover copy, but the back cover layout should be similar to that. About Matt Serafini About The last thing I want to do is bore people with a long-winded biography that no one really cares about. Please keep my name in the same font if possible (I don't care about the title). I also attached the full cover of one of my previous books. He uses a variety of machetes and axes and knives, if some of that could potentially be incorporated into the cover.

That's why I defer to the experts.Īlso, the killer in the novel wears a welder's mask and a black jumpsuit. Nothing I want to copy exactly, but I'd like to somehow merge the old 'loud' styles with the newer 'subtle' styles. I've also attached a few modern book covers I like. I'm very open to a modern interpretation, with only some elements of those classic posters. It would be nice to capture SOME of that spirit (however minimally), but I also don't need the cover to be a 100% knockoff of the 1980s retro stuff. Movie posters from that era, like the ones I've attached, might serve as a jumping off point for inspiration. The book is a modern day horror/suspense novel, but it's also a throwback to the slasher movies that were popular in the early 1980s-think Friday the 13th, The Burning, Sleepaway Camp, etc. “Creates a terrific set of supporting characters and whodunit mystery that keeps the reader guessing and enthralled.I'm looking for something simple that will make for an effective thumbnail when people browse books on Amazon, but also something that's interesting and eye catching as the cover of a physical book too. This book gets a strong recommendation.” - Scream Magazine I could go into more details, but it would be a shame to know more before you read it, and read it you should. I loved it!.' - Brian Keene, author of The Rising and The Complex 'Echoes of horror's paperback glory days, but spills new blood with a modern protagonist and style. The stalk-and-slash suspense of Friday the 13th meets the small town mystery of Sharp Objects in this white-knuckle horror story of a final girl’s revenge. And Melanie is going to discover she has a lot more to lose than just her mind. Motivated by a lucrative publishing offer, as well as a desire to free herself from recurring nightmares, Melanie’s research into the murderer’s life brings resistance from all directions as she uncovers skeletons in Forest Grove’s past.īecause of Melanie, a long-held secret is about to be revealed-one that somebody is willing to kill for in order to protect. Today, Melanie’s teaching career has bottomed out and left her with no choice but to return to the scene of the crime. A quarter-century since teenage counselor Melanie Holden left him mortally wounded and escaped with her life. It’s been twenty-five years since Cyrus Hoyt’s infamous killing spree at Camp Forest Grove.

Under the Blade by Matt Serafini